Pelosi Statement on Puerto Rico Oversight Board Appointments

Statement

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the White House announced President Obama's appointments to the Puerto Rico oversight board:

"With President Obama's timely appointment of candidates recommended by leaders in Congress, the oversight board now begins the hard work of restructuring Puerto Rico's unsustainable debt burden. It is essential that the board work in a collaborative and constructive manner in order to help our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico successfully emerge from this crisis.

"Congress must now focus its attention on helping the people of Puerto Rico by addressing disparities in federal health care programs and spurring economic growth through the extension of the earned income tax credit to the island."

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